It is simple political calculations, they just want to take this issue off the table before the 2006 midterm elections.
As long as Border Security is handled as a political issure, those of us who live with it's dangers and damage on a daily basis will be angry.
My beautiful desert and mountains are now little more that sewers and garbage pits; the livelihoods of the ranchers in my communities are being destroyed; my neighbors are being attacked, assaulted, and killed; private property is stolen and destroyed; my local hospitals are being forced to cease offering emergency services; and my tax dollars are being spent to support lawbreakers.
And you expect me to accept this as a political issue? Not in my America, sir. No thank you, no thank very much.